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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,450, dated October 26, 1886.

Y Application filed March 12, 1886. Serial No. 194,933. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ANTON KULroH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bureau-Beds, of which the following is a specification. This invention rela-tes to a folding bed of that class which can be folded up into theshape of a bureau and changed from the'same to a 1o bed in an easy and convenient manner, and the invention consists of a bureau-bed made of a supportingcasing or frame composed of vertical side walls, a hinged top lid, and a transverse front panel at'the lower part of the frame of a front wall hinged to said front panel and provided with guide-straps and side guide-railsfor the bed-sections. The bed-sec` tions are hinged together at their adjoining sides,the head being provided with a fixed headboard and the foot-section with a hinged foot-board and hinged and folding legs. To recesses at the upper edge of the front wallof the supporting-frame are hinged legs, which extend below the adjoining edge of the foot- 25 section, so as to support both bed-sectionswhen they are placed into open position, but which are folded inwardly at right angles to the front wall when the hinged bed-sections are folded up and stored away in the supporting-casing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front elevation'of iny improved bureau-bed. Figs. 2. and 3 are vertical longitudinal sections rshowing the same, respectbureau. Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 isa vertical transverse section on line xix, Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the casing of my improved bureau-bed,which casing is made of two upright side walls, a a, transverse rear pieces, a, avixed transverse top piece, a2, a hinged top lid, a, and a transverse front panel, cf, atthe lower front part of the casing To the upper edge of the front panel, ai, is hinged a front wall, B, which,when placed in upright position, is retained by a lip or molding, c5, of the hinged top lid, a, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper edgeof the front wall, B,

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is provided, near the corners thereof, with recesses b, Vand with supporting-legs B', which are hinged to the frontwall, B, at the inner edge of said recesses, said legs being of -sufi- 5 5 cient width to project beyond the upper edge of the front wall B when the legs are turned in outward direction into a position at right angles to the front wall ofthe casing, as shown in Fig. 2, or so as to bear .against the samewhen they aretnrned inwardly at right angles to the front wall, as shown in Fig. 3. `ln this position the legs B fill up the recesses b AI) andform supports for the front wall, B,

when the same is lowered into horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2. The front wall, B, is provided at its inner side with two raised iron guide-straps, d d, which are parallel to the sides of the front walland rigidly screwed thereto, and which serve to guide the transverse bottom slats of the headsection D ofthe bed, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4C. The frame of the head-section' D is provided with fixed side boards, e, and a xed head-board, f, the frame being guided by the straps d (l and xed side rails, d', ofthe front wall, B, which side rails prevent the lateral motion of the headsections D on the front Wall, B.

To the head-section D is hinged a footsec tion', D', by inclined straps g g, which are at- `80 tached to the frames of said sections, as shown in Fig. 2. The foot-section D is providedwith hinged legs h and a hinged foot-board, h. When the sections DD are to be folded up and stored away in the supporting-casing A, the footsection D is first folded over the head-section D,and then both sections pushed forward sufficiently to permit the inward swinging of the legs B. Both sections D D are then lifted with the front wall, B, so that they slideslowly 9o during the lifting operation on the straps d and railsd, in downward direction along the front wall, until the next adjoining slats of the head-section D are stopped by the straps d, as shown in Fig. 3, which takes place when the B, arrives in upright position, and is retained by the lid of the casing A. In this position a bureau bed is formed in which nearly the entire interior space is utilized for storing away the bed-sections, as shown in Ico Fig. 3. Y

When it is desired to change the bureau into a bed,the lid is opened, the front wall lowered, the legs B turned in outward direction, so as to support the front wall, the folded foot and head sections moved forward on straps and guide-rails of the front-wall panel, the foot-section swung' on its hinge-connection, with the head-section in horizontal position ou a level with the saine, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position both head and foot sections are supported on the legs B as the same extend beyond the adjoining part of the foot-section Dand forni bracket-shaped supports for the same without change of position, either laterally or in forward or backward direction, owing to the guide-recesses of the front wall, B, and the form of the footsection D.

The reliable support furnished by the legs B' to both bed sections prevents the wabbling and shaking of the bed, and imparts stiffness to the bed even when nioving the same over the floor. A very compact and easily-manipulated bureau-bed is thus obtained, which can be made at a comparatively low cost, as there are no expensive parts in it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent-- 1. The combination of a supporting-casing having a front panel, a frontwall hinged to the front panel and provided with raised guidestraps at the inner side, and folding head and foot sections, said head and foot sections being guided by said straps along the front wall,sub stantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a supporting-casing having a front panel, a front wall hinged to said front panel, raised guidestraps attached to the innerl side of the front wall, legs hinged to recesses at the upper edge of the front wall, and folding head and foot sections, the headsection of which is guided on the straps of the front wall, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a supporting'casing having a front panel, a front wall hinged to said front panel, raised guide-straps and side rails at the inner side of the front wall, legs hinged to the recesses at the upper edge of the front wall and adapted to be placed at right angles to the front wall, at either side thereof, and folding head and foot sections, the headsection of which is guided on ythe front wall, so that both sections can be more conveniently stored away in the casing, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a supporting-casing formed of upright side walls,a transverse front panel, and a hinged top lid having a retaining lip or molding, a front wall hinged to the front panel, raised guide-straps and-side rails attached to the inner side oi the front wall, legs hinged to the recesses at the upper edge of the front wall, a head-section guided along the front wall, and a fo0t-section hinged to said head-section, the legs of the front wall extending below the frame of the foot-section, so as to support the same when in extended position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

ANTON KULIGH.

lVitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, MARTIN Pnrnv. 

